The 1988–89 Alpha Ethniki was the 53rd season of the highest football league of Greece. The season began on 11 September 1988 and ended on 21 May 1989. AEK Athens won their eighth Greek title and their first one in ten years. The championship was decided on the penultimate matchday in an informal final when AEK defeated the host Olympiakos at the Olympic Stadium by 1–0 with a goal by Takis Karagiozopoulos. This match, which essentially decided the title, was met by the very serious incidents between police forces and fans, with dozens injured, more than 7,000 seats broken and damages of 30 million drachmas.
The point system was: Win: 2 points - Draw: 1 point.
Teams
Promoted from1987–88 Beta Ethniki Relegated from1987–88 Alpha Ethniki Doxa DramaOlympiacos VolosApollon Athens VeriaPanserraikosPanachaiki
League table
Results
Play-off
|+5th place Play-Off
Relegation:
Top scorers
RankPlayerClubGoals1 Imre Boda Olympiacos Volos202 Lajos Détári Olympiacos153 Thanasis Dimopoulos Iraklis134 Dimos Kavouras Levadiakos12 Thomas Mavros Panionios6 Mirosław Okoński AEK Athens117 Jaime Vera OFI10 Vasilis Dimitriadis Aris Giannis Samaras OFI / Panathinaikos
Attendances
Olympiacos drew the highest average home attendance in the 1988–89 Alpha Ethniki.
References
External links Official Greek FA Site RSSSF Greek SuperLeague official Site SuperLeague Statistics